'I was just a fan of music, and I didn't know that there were differences in style,' Metheny says. Growing up in the 1960s in then-rural Lee's Summit, Missouri, Metheny came to believe that stylistic categories were unimportant in music. His stature as one of the most influential guitarists and composers in contemporary music owes something to his sense of music having no boundaries and many other factors he mentioned in our wide-ranging discussion. In a recent conversation at his Manhattan rehearsal studio, Metheny shrugged off the significance of the diversity of his awards.

Metheny's 16th Grammy statuette was awarded for his 2003 solo guitar album One Quiet Night, which won for best new-age performance. Through the years, Metheny has created critically acclaimed recordings with such diverse artists as Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, David Bowie, Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, and of course, the Pat Metheny Group. He is in a class all by himself however for winning trophies in jazz, pop, rock, instrumental composition, and other categories. The sheer number of wins ties him with Sting and Aretha Franklin in the roster of top-10 all-time Grammy winners. To date, Metheny has released 30 albums that have netted 16 Grammy Awards in nine different categories.

John Scofield & Pat Metheny 2.During the three decades of Pat Metheny's mercurial career, numerous journalists have used a lot of ink to describe his wide-ranging musical output. John Scofield Trio - Lawns - Live Blue Note Milano John Scofield Trio - Blue Note, New York City, NY, (full) John Scofield - New Morning, The Paris Concert 2010 John Scofield Uberjam Band - Live in Concert 2013 Pat Martino Trio with John Scofield - Sunny John Scofield / Medeski, Martin & Wood - 'Hottentot' - North Sea Jazz 2007 'Sham Time' Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood Songs Of Their Own - #44 'Stella Blue' John Scofield & John Medeski John Scofield - Someone To Watch Over Me - guitar jazzīill Stewart - John Scofield - Steve Swallow: Trio Bluesīill Stewart - John Scofield - Steve Swallow: Chicken Dogįranklin Brothers with John Scofield. John Scofield & Chris Minh Doky performing Alone Together.mp4 John Mayer & John Scofield-I Don't Need No Doctor.avi John Scofield Plays Ray Charles, 'You Don't Know Me', at Berklee Miles Davis - Live in Montreal Jazz Festival (ft. Miles Davis 'Band featuring ''John Scofield'' Guitar solo

At ease in the bebop idiom, Scofield is also well versed in jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and rock. John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), often referred to as 'Sco', is an American jazz-rock guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer, Robert Glasper, and Gov't Mule.

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